One proven strategy to success is continuous education. Successful people are lifelong learners who utilize experts to learn, grow and develop new skills. BOLCC recommends some specific books that provides a holistic approach to success.
Reading enhances your vocabulary, thereby improving your written communication skills. The more books you read books, the more accustomed you will become to the various concepts and ideas. These books will help you grow in different areas of your life.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
In this book, author Stephen Covey guides the reader on how to incorporate values such as self-improvement, productivity, teamwork, and determination. This book has been read by aspiring consultants throughout the world and will help you develop an optimistic outlook and practice proactive habits in your everyday life. Covey provides anecdotes that will inspire you to bring out your personal and professional effectiveness.
Good to Great – James C. Collins
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”
Who Moved my Cheese – Dr. Spencer Johnson
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published on September 8, 1998, is a motivational business fable. The text describes change in one’s work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two “little people.
Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills
We all negotiate on a daily basis. We negotiate with our spouses, children, parents and friends. We negotiate when we rent an apartment, buy a car, purchase a house and apply for a job. Your ability to negotiate might even be the most important factor in your career advancement. Negotiation is also the key to business success. Written by George Siedel
Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results – Thomas Tierney
“This book is among the very best I have seen in an emerging genre of donor-education literature.”-“Chronicle of Philanthropy”. In the first half of the twenty-first century, giving to family and community foundations alone will be ten times in today’s dollars what it was throughout the entire twentieth century. Yet despite tremendous innovation in the social sector, philanthropy’s natural state is under-performance. Not since Andrew Carnegie wrote The Gospel of Wealth has a book been written that provides practical guidance for donors to get the most impact from their giving
Center – Darrell Velegol
A system of six practices for taking charge of your passions and purposes in self, family, work and community. This book gives you the resources to follow your dream instead of imitating someone else’s path to success. The concepts are novel, the exercises are unique. This book will definitely open doors for you. It is up to you to walk through them. I especially liked the resources list at the end of each chapter. The footnotes contain additional nuggets. The last chapter about making it practical was a fitting jumping off point for a lifetime of using these resources.
Who Owns the Ice House: Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur – Clifton Taulbert and Gary Schoeniger
In the late 1950s, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was a poor cotton community. For many, it was a time and place where opportunities were limited by social and legal constraints that were beyond their control. It was a time and place where few dared to dream. Based on his own life experience, Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert has teamed up with entrepreneur thought leader Gary Schoeniger to create a powerful and compelling story that captures the essence of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unlimited opportunities it can provide.